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User Reviews for: Kung Fu Hustle

LegendaryFang56
6/10  2 years ago
_"I didn't know the Lion's Roar...could be done with a speaker."_

Very underwhelming. Hell, that may even be an understatement. I went into this film expecting to be relatively entertained because so many familiar reaction channels on Youtube have reacted to this film and seemingly loved the hell out of it. Not only that, it seems like the majority of people, overall, feel the same way. Well, I don't. So, I pretty much think this film is massively overrated.

Yeah, this film is super goofy and "fun." Different, especially, perhaps in a way no other films are. Or not many other films are. And that's great and all. I feel like style over substance isn't a problem for me, and I would've probably thought it would never matter. Yet this time, it did. You learn something new every day, huh? The sound effects, visual effects, visual gags, pure stupidity, and so on were _there._ But I didn't _care._

The highlight was the fight choreography. At least when it was practical, not necessarily when it involved visual effects. But I guess, in general, the fight choreography was quite good. I know, for most people, the highlight(s) is probably the visual gags or the visual effects or anything else in the film. I don't know. I didn't seem to care about any of that, or anything throughout the film, for that matter.

Another highlight worth mentioning is the soundtrack. Some may think it sounded too "basic." In the sense that it's similar-sounding to what you'd expect to hear. Traditional. And like how a lot of pop music sounds similar. But that didn't make it any less immersive or great to hear.

I guess I'm just very disappointed. There are probably "similar" films out there that I'd like a lot and be pretty entertained by them, but, for some reason, this film wasn't one of them. Maybe the fact that it's a foreign film had something to do with it. For some reason, I was expecting this to be an English-speaking film.

No, thank you. Films that aren't in English are not for me.

Other thoughts:

- Danny Chan Kwok-kwan/Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan reminded me of Andrew Koji. A lot. I know a lot of people attribute his likeness to Bruce Lee. But I saw Andrew Koji.

- The beginning of the final score brought me to a _Metal Gear Solid_ game; specifically, _Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots._ I feel like it sounded similar to a score you'd hear in that game. I guess it's because of, what I'd assume there to be, the similarities between Japanese and Chinese things; music, in this case.
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